BUC INTERN. CORP. v. INTERNATIONAL YACHT COUNCIL

No. 04-13653.

489 F.3d 1129 (2007)

BUC INTERNATIONAL CORP., a Florida corporation, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee, v. INTERNATIONAL YACHT COUNCIL LIMITED, a foreign corporation, Defendant-Appellant, MLS Solutions, Inc., a Florida corporation, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 21, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael T. Moore, Moore & Co., P.A., Coral Gables, FL, Suzanne R. Eschrich, G. Donovan Conwell, Jr., Gayle Wrede Kirkpatrick, Conwell, Sukhia & Kirkpatrick, P.A., Ceci Culpepper Berman, Hala A. Sandridge, Fowler, White, Gillen, Boggs, Villareal & Banker, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Philip D. Parrish, Philip D. Parrish, P.A., South Miami, FL, for BUC Intern. Corp.

Before TJOFLAT and BARKETT, Circuit Judges, and FULLER, District Judge.


TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

In this copyright infringement case, the plaintiff claimed copyright protection of a factual compilation — specifically, the selection, order, and arrangement of information about yachts listed for sale — vis a vis the defendants' competing factual compilation, which came onto the scene after the plaintiff had obtained certificates of copyright registration. The case was tried to a jury, which found for the plaintiff. The defendants...

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